diff --git a/src/StreamCore.cc b/src/StreamCore.cc
index f9684c4..0a03231 100644
--- a/src/StreamCore.cc
+++ b/src/StreamCore.cc
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ compileCommand(StreamProtocolParser::Protocol* protocol,
                 return false;
             }
             args++;
+            while (isspace(*args)) args++;
         }
         buffer.append(&eventmask, sizeof(eventmask));
         if (*args)